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BBC Merlin:

Come on have you watched this show? You know. I don't need to spell it out for you

"He is your destiny" "Two sides of the same coin" - repeated inuendos, magic being a metaphor for queerness, etc

op's addendum:

Literally based on smallville who might as well have written the book on queerbaiting and supernatural powers as a metaphor for gayness. Also gay as fuck to be canonically destined to be at the side of another man until death does you apart and then some.

BBC Sherlock:

"do I even have to say it? come on. you know the deal already."

Supernatural:

"just trust me bro"

"I mean. This is the supernatural website. You guys know"

"It was the longest and greatest queerbait of all time. Twelve years of tension just for both of them to die wanting, one of them still in the closet."

"Destiel is so bizarre. I thought it was entirely made up during my first watch of SPN 1-7, figured I'd never get it during my second watch until Season 6. Then I couldn't stop seeing it. In everything. For the next NINE seasons. And then retrospectively for the preceeding two/three. The market research. The widower arc. The divorce arc. The specific episodes that make you ask yourself "Did I miss the episode where they got together??" Record-breaking fanfiction. Narrative parallels. The Market Research (for emphasis). It's nonsensical. Who tf else was doing it this purposefully for this long??"

"the ultimate queerbait. even when it went canon it was still queerbait."

"I mean like…c’mon."

"you know its true. we all know its true."

Supergirl:

They literally did lesbian clex with katie mcgrath.also everytime supergirl bridal-carried lena.

propaganda? it ruined my goddamn life

op's addendum:

Smallville:

-their lips meet in the pilot -it’s literal destiny -no one is obsessed like that without love involved -Lex protects and helps Clark all the time -Clark saves Lex’s life so many times -Lex just wants to be part of a family and Clark could have easily given that to him -rich kid and farm boy - need I say more? -Lex is constantly trying to be a wingman for Clark and Lana, yet Clark can’t seem to make that relationship work -red kryptonite Clark was ready to run away with Lex -the looks they give each other -they could have had it all had they been honest with each other

Why are you as a man obsessed with finding out your best friends secret 🤨

The first time they interacted on screen, Clark gave Lex mouth-to-mouth. The actors are constantly joking about their being something between them. In the DVD commentary, they comment on the homoeroticism of the framing. There was a reunion scene that the showrunners compared to lovers meeting after one of them came home from a war. Chloe constantly making jokes about Clark being “in the closet” re: his superpowers and at one point says that Clark is only attracted to people with the initials L.L.

Star Trek:

I mean, the OG ship. The looks, the touching, pon far

House M.D.:

"Other shows might have queerbaited in more distressing ways, but House queerbaited with a love for the game and a passion for the craft. Always intentional, always flawless."

"They are insane, they literally ride a motorcycle into the sunset together at the end of the series."

"House and Wilson love each other, most important people in each other's lives. Unconditional love. When they make gay jokes it physically pains me to know that they were never going to do anything romantic or crazy sexual style with them."

Once Upon A Time:

"i mean those two women had a kid together it doesn't get mores lesbian than that."

"didn't even go there, but the older i get the more obvious it gets. they shared a child!! they were supposed to be enemies but would constantly make exceptions for each other. and the added layer of "i have this super close relationship with my parents nemesis" just multiplies the freakinnes… wait i forgot that Regina was literally Emma's mother's step mom. what the hell even was this show. P. S. this show literally had a second minor yuribait couple with Mulan and Sleeping Beauty. they were addicted to writing these."